Skandapurana 16.197
Skandapurāṇa 16.197
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16.197.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi jamadagnīśvaraṃ śivam ..
vṛddhaprabhāsasāmīpye nātidūre vyavasthitam .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the auspicious Jamadagnīśvara, / situated near Vṛddhaprabhāsa, not very far away,
16.197.2
sarvapāpopaśamanaṃ sthāpitaṃ jamadagninā ..
taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi mucyate ca ṛṇatrayāt .. 2 ..
which pacifies all sins and was installed by Jamadagni. / Having seen it, O goddess, a mortal is freed from the three debts.
16.197.3
snātvā nidhānavāpyāṃ ca saṃpūjya prāpnuyāddhanam ..
nidhānaṃ pāṃḍavairlabdhaṃ tatra sthāne purā priye .. 3 ..
Having bathed in the Nidhānavāpī and worshipped [it], one obtains wealth. / A treasure was found by the Pāṇḍavas in that place long ago, O dear one;
16.197.4
nidhānenaiva sā khyātā vāpī trailokyavaṃditā .. 4 ..
because of that very treasure (nidhāna), that step-well (vāpī) is praised throughout the three worlds.
16.197.5
tasyāṃ snātvā mahādevi durbhagā subhagā bhavet ..
labhate vāñchitānkāmāniti proktaṃ mayā tava .. 5 ..
Having bathed in it, O great goddess, an unfortunate woman becomes fortunate, / and obtains her wished-for desires: thus it has been declared by me to you.
16.197.197
iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśātisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye jamadagnīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptanavatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 197 .. ..
Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-seventh chapter, named “Description of the Māhātmya of Jamadagnīśvara,” in the first [sub-section], Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand [verses].
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